Leviticus 13:28
in Leviticus 13But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.
KJV
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Several of these characteristics, taken separately, belong to other blemishes of the skin as well; so that none of them was to be taken alone, and it was only when the whole of them concurred that the Jewish priest, in his capacity of physician, was to pronounce the disease a malignant leprosy.
This site's exposition
in the skin thereof, was a boil
on Leviticus 13:18-28
The same procedure runs twice more for sores that begin from something else, a boil that healed and a burn. The signs looked for do not change, white hair and a depth below the skin, and the seven days return in both. The word healed occurs twice in the chapter, at verse 18 and verse 37, and in both places it describes something that got better on its own.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“And if the glossy spot continues unchanged and makes no advance in the skin, and is rather indistinct” (see the note at Lev 13:6), “it is the mark of the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the (mere) hurt of inflammation.”
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ | tachteiha | in place its | H8478 → | 505 times |
| תַעֲמֹ֨ד | taamod | it will stay | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת | habaheret | the bright spot | H934 → | 12 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| פָשְׂתָ֤ה | fasetah | it has spread | H6581 → | 22 times |
| בָעוֹר֙ | vaor | in the skin | H5785 → | 99 times |
| וְהִ֣וא | vehiv' | and it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| כֵהָ֔ה | khehah | [is] dull | H3544 → | 7 times |
| שְׂאֵ֥ת | seet | [is] [the] swelling of | H7613 → | 14 times |
| הַמִּכְוָ֖ה | hamikhvah | the burn | H4348 → | 5 times |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ | vetiharo | and he will declare pure him | H2891 → | 94 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| צָרֶ֥בֶת | tzarevet | [is] [the] scar of | H6867 → | |
| הַמִּכְוָ֖ה | hamikhvah | the burn | H4348 → | 5 times |
| הִֽוא׃ פ | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩in place its
tachteihaH8478 →505 times
תַעֲמֹ֨דit will stay
taamodH5975 →521 times
הַבַּהֶ֜רֶתthe bright spot
habaheretH934 →12 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
פָשְׂתָ֤הit has spread
fasetahH6581 →22 times
בָעוֹר֙in the skin
vaorH5785 →99 times
וְהִ֣ואand it
vehiv'H1931 →1879 times
כֵהָ֔ה[is] dull
khehahH3544 →7 times
שְׂאֵ֥ת[is] [the] swelling of
seetH7613 →14 times
הַמִּכְוָ֖הthe burn
hamikhvahH4348 →5 times
הִ֑ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙and he will declare pure him
vetiharoH2891 →94 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
צָרֶ֥בֶת[is] [the] scar of
tzarevetH6867 →
הַמִּכְוָ֖הthe burn
hamikhvahH4348 →5 times
הִֽוא׃ פit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Leviticus

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
